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Jennifer Thorne Amann Buildings Program Director
Buildings Program
jamann@aceee.org

202-507-4015

Jennifer Thorne Amann is the Buildings Program Director. Since joining ACEEE in 1997, she has authored dozens of publications and articles on appliances, lighting, consumer electronics, equipment installation practices, emerging residential and commercial building...

Moira Annelin
Moira Annelin Contracts/Grants Coordinator
mannelin@aceee.org

202-507-4036

Moira Annelin is ACEEE’s Contracts/Grants Coordinator, a position she has held since May 2008. In this capacity she oversees invoicing and accounts receivable, accounts payable, maintains information in the payroll software, and assists with compiling the annual budget...

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Naomi Baum Chief Operating Officer
nbaum@aceee.org

202-507-4745

Naomi joined ACEEE in 2012. She is part of the senior management team, addressing strategic and tactical issues across the organization. She is responsible for all aspects of the organization's operations, including human resources, strategic finance and business...

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Casey Bell Senior Economic Analyst
Economic Program
cbell@aceee.org

202-507-4746

Casey Bell joined ACEEE in 2011. Casey conducts quantitative and qualitative research to model how specific energy efficiency policies affect the economy at the federal, state, and local levels; and examines best practice policies and market mechanisms that can be used to...

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Shui Bin Senior Researcher
Buildings Program, Behavior Program, International Program
sbin@aceee.org

202-507-4748

Shui Bin joined ACEEE in 2011 as a Senior Researcher. Her work focuses on building energy efficiency, behavior-related energy research and policy analysis, and China energy policies. She was most recently at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a research scientist,...

Jason Blake
Jason Blake IT Support Specialist
jblake@aceee.org

202-507-4016

Jason Blake is the IT Support Specialist for ACEEE. Jason comes from a varied background in the nonprofit world ranging from mental health agencies to the school system, to community action agencies. He has served as a Software Application and Technology Educator for...

Anna Chittum
Anna Chittum Senior Policy Analyst
Industry Program
achittum@aceee.org

206-938-7585

Anna Chittum joined ACEEE in 2008. She researches and helps develop federal, state, and local industrial energy policies, particularly those pertaining to combined heat and power (CHP) systems and industrial energy efficiency programs. Her expertise includes regulatory and...

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Adam Christensen Staff Engineer, Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)
achristensen@standardsasap.org

202-507-4002

Adam Christensen is the Staff Engineer for ASAP.  Adam leads ASAP’s technical analysis on energy efficiency standards for a focused subset of technologies that are subject to a Department of Energy (DOE) rule.  Adam is responsible for conducting...

Andrew deLaski
Andrew deLaski Executive Director, Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)
adelaski@standardsasap.org

617-363-9470

Andrew deLaski is Executive Director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project. At ASAP, he coordinates national advocacy efforts related to federal efficiency standards and advises state policymakers and advocates interested in state level energy efficiency standards...

Marianne DiMascio
Marianne DiMascio Outreach Coordinator, Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)
mdimascio@standardsasap.org

781-293-6309

Marianne DiMascio is the Outreach Coordinator for the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, a consumer, environmental, state government, and utility company coalition dedicated to advancing cost-effective appliance and equipment efficiency standards. Her primary role is to...

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Julie Edwards Director of Operations
jedwards@aceee.org

202-507-4020


Neal Elliott
R. Neal Elliott Associate Director for Research
Industry Program, Agriculture Program
rnelliott@aceee.org

202-507-4009

Neal Elliott coordinates ACEEE's overall research efforts, and leads the Industrial and Agricultural Programs. Elliott has been with ACEEE since 1993, becoming an internationally recognized expert and author on energy efficiency, energy efficiency programs and policies...

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Kate Farley Research Assistant
Policy Program, Industry Program, Agriculture Program
kfarley@aceee.org

202-507-4031

Kate Farley joined ACEEE in 2011 as a Research Assistant with the Industry and Agriculture programs.  She also researches and analyzes federal legislation for the Policy program.  Prior to joining ACEEE, Kate interned in the House Committee on Science, Space, and...

Ben Foster
Ben Foster Research Analyst
Behavior Program
bfoster@aceee.org

202-507-4037

Ben Foster joined ACEEE in 2010.  His current work focuses on energy-use feedback programs, enhanced billing, feedback technology investment, and consumer decision-making. Ben's work cuts across multiple sectors and includes analyses of the "state of the...

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Sara Hayes Senior Researcher
Policy Program, Utilities Program
shayes@aceee.org

202-507-4747

Sara Hayes has a dual focus within ACEEE working with both the Policy and Utilities programs. She leads many of ACEEE's analyses of national policies and manages research of trends and emerging issues in utility end-use efficiency. Sara joined ACEEE in 2010. Sara...

Kathryn Hottel
Kathryn Hottel Finance Associate
khottel@aceee.org

202-507-4022

Kathryn Hottel is ACEEE’s Finance Associate, a position she has held since May 2010. In this capacity she oversees accounts payable, accounts receivable, and banking transactions. Hottel holds a BS in Business Administration from Christopher Newport University. Prior...

Geneva Jones
Geneva Jones Administrative Assistant
gjones@aceee.org

202-507-4001

Geneva Jones serves as Administrative Assistant, performing a wide variety of administrative and receptionist desk duties. She has been with ACEEE since 1998. Prior to joining ACEEE, she was a secretary at the State Department and a personnel clerk with the U.S. Army. She...

Siddiq Khan
Siddiq Khan Senior Transportation Analyst
Transportation Program
skhan@aceee.org

202-507-4019

Dr. Siddiq Khan is a Senior Transportation Analyst for the Transportation program at ACEEE, a position he has held since March 2009. He offers fourteen years of experience in transportation including five years' experience in analyzing and modeling emissions and fuel...

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Patrick Kiker Communications Associate
pkiker@aceee.org

202-507-4043


Martin Kushler
Martin Kushler Senior Fellow
Utilities Program
mgkushler@aceee.org

517-655-7037

Dr. Martin Kushler is a Senior Fellow at ACEEE, where he directed the Utilities Program for ten years. While at ACEEE he has directed numerous widely acclaimed national studies of utility sector energy efficiency policies and programs, and provided technical assistance to...

John A. "Skip" Laitner
John A. "Skip" Laitner Economic and Social Analysis Program Director
Economic Program
jslaitner@aceee.org

202-507-4029

Skip Laitner is the Director of Economic and Social Analysis for ACEEE. He previously served 10 years as a Senior Economist for Technology Policy for the USEPA, but chose to leave the federal service in June 2006 to focus his research on developing a more robust technology...

Therese Langer
Therese Langer Transportation Program Director
Transportation Program
tlanger@aceee.org

202-507-4013

Therese Langer has been Director of ACEEE’s Transportation Program since 2001. She works to improve the efficiency of both vehicles and systems for the movement of passengers and freight. Her current areas of focus include: advancing technologies and policies to...

Amanda Lowenberger
Amanda Lowenberger Buildings Program Analyst
Buildings Program
alowenberger@aceee.org

202-507-4039

Amanda Lowenberger is a Buildings Program Analyst in the Buildings program, a position she has held since May 2008. She works on a number of topics including: appliance standards, state efficiency potential analyses, building energy modeling, and emerging technologies....

Rebecca Lunetta
Rebecca Lunetta Director of Conferences
rlunetta@aceee.org

302-292-3966

Rebecca Lunetta has been with ACEEE since 1997, starting as Conferences Manager and currently as Director of Conferences. She is responsible for organizing and managing all logistical tasks related to conference planning for ACEEE. These tasks include: supervising...

Eric Mackres
Eric Mackres Senior Analyst and Local Policy Lead
Policy Program
emackres@aceee.org

202-507-4038

Eric Mackres works on local and community energy efficiency initiatives with the Policy Program. He provides technical assistance to communities that are beginning or expanding energy efficiency efforts. In addition, he manages ACEEE research related to local implementation...

Joanna Mauer
Joanna Mauer Technical Advocacy Coordinator, Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)
jmauer@standardsasap.org

202-507-4034

Joanna Mauer is the Technical Advocacy Coordinator for the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP). She coordinates a broad coalition of efficiency advocates to provide technical analysis and comments on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards...

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Susan Mazur-Stommen Director of Behavior and Human Dimensions
Behavior Program
smazur@aceee.org

202-507-4026

A Fulbright recipient, Susan completed her doctorate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside in 2002. Questions that interest her concern the relationship between ideologies, worldviews, and material culture, in particular the built environment....

Philip Michael
Philip Michael Director of Finance
pmichael@aceee.org

202-507-4007

Philip joined ACEEE in 2000 as the Director of Finance.He has overall responsibility for the financial management of the organization.He oversees the accounting systems, provides internal monthly financial reports to project managers and the executive committee, and provides...

Harry Misuriello
Harry Misuriello Visiting Fellow
Buildings Program
hmisuriello@aceee.org

202-507-4030, cell: 703-477-4781

Harry Misuriello has been a Visiting Fellow at ACEEE since 2008. He consults with and advises ACEEE on strategies to increase the level of energy-efficient new residential and commercial construction nationally and regionally through development, adoption, and enforcement...

Maggie Molina
Maggie (Eldridge) Molina Research Manager, State Policy
Policy Program
mmolina@aceee.org

202-507-4004

Maggie Molina is a Research Manager in the Policy Program. She joined ACEEE in December of 2005. She leads many of ACEEE's state policy and analysis activities, including the annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard and the State Clean Energy Research Project, which...

Glee Murray
Glee Murray Associate Director for Outreach
gmurray@aceee.org

202-507-4010

Glee Murray is the Associate Director for Outreach. She joined ACEEE in 1990. She directs the Communications Program (including Publications), and oversees the Conferences Program. Murray's responsibilities include strategic planning and oversight of ACEEE's Web...

Steve Nadel
Steven Nadel Executive Director
Policy Program, Buildings Program, International Program
snadel@aceee.org

202-507-4011

Steven Nadel is the Executive Director. He has been at ACEEE for 20 years, serving as Deputy Director of the organization and Director of ACEEE’s Utilities and Buildings programs prior to his promotion to Executive Director in 2001. Prior to ACEEE he planned and...

Max Neubauer
Max Neubauer Senior Policy Analyst
Policy Program
mneubauer@aceee.org

202-507-4005

Max Neubauer has been with ACEEE since 2007 and currently works as a project manager for ACEEE’s SCERP program. As a member of the State Analysis Team, he has contributed to the annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard as well as ACEEE’s Maryland and Virginia...

Renee Nida
Renee Nida Technical Editor and Administrative Coordinator
rnida@aceee.org

202-507-4003

Renee Nida has edited numerous academic and consumer-oriented books, reports, booklets, and brochures. She has also formatted and coordinated production of conference proceedings, and managed multi-use contacts database. She joined ACEEE in 1994 after working at the...

Seth Nowak
Seth Nowak Research Associate
Utilities Program
snowak@aceee.org

608-354-1329

Seth Nowak is a Research Associate in the ACEEE Utilities Program, a position he has held since January 2010. He conducts quantitative analysis and writes reports on energy efficiency programs and policies in the electric and natural gas utility sector. His focus is on...

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Lynn Pyle Conferences Coordinator
lpyle@aceee.org

302-737-1084

Lynn has been with ACEEE since March 2011 and is currently the Conferences Coordinator. She assists with the organization and on-site management of all ACEEE conferences, workshops, and other events. Prior to joining ACEEE, Lynn was employed by the International Reading...

Harvey Sachs
Harvey Sachs Senior Fellow
Buildings Program
hsachs@aceee.org

202-507-4014

Harvey Sachs is a Senior Fellow in the ACEEE Buildings Program. His responsibilities include building codes, standards, and market transformation for the residential and commercial sectors. Market transformation activities include evaluating emerging technologies, and...

Eric Schwass
Eric Schwass Web and Publications Coordinator
eschwass@aceee.org

202-507-4017

Eric Schwass started as Publications Coordinator at ACEEE in August 2008. In May 2011 he became Web Coordinator. Prior to joining ACEEE, he worked as a Production Manager for Smithsonian Books. Schwass has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island and...

Michael Sciortino
Michael Sciortino Policy Analyst
Policy Program
msciortino@aceee.org

202-507-4028

Michael Sciortino joined ACEEE in January 2009 and serves as Policy Analyst with the Policy Program. Sciortino focuses on state policies and programs, maintaining the State Energy Efficiency Policy Database and contributing to the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. He also...

Ann Suydam
Ann Suydam Development Director
asuydam@aceee.org

202-507-4012

Ann Suydam is the Development Director for ACEEE, a position she has held since January 2007. She is responsible for helping raise financial resources to support the organization. Suydam coordinates the Ally Program, a membership opportunity for ACEEE supporters....

Jacob Talbot
Jacob Talbot Buildings Program Analyst
Buildings Program
jtalbot@aceee.org

202-507-4035

Jacob Talbot is a Buildings Program Analyst who joined ACEEE in September of 2008. His work at ACEEE is split between the Buildings Program and the State Clean Energy Resource Project (SCERP), where he specializes in the buildings and policy analyses and residential...

Daniel Trombley
Daniel Trombley Senior Industrial Analyst
Industry Program
dtrombley@aceee.org

202-507-4008

Daniel Trombley is a Senior Industrial Analyst for ACEEE focusing on industrial energy efficiency. He works on assessing the energy efficiency potential of industries for state studies and characterizing emerging industrial technologies. He also helps develop and assess...

Shruti Vaidyanathan
Shruti Vaidyanathan Senior Transportation Analyst
Transportation Program
svaidyanathan@aceee.org

202-507-4021

Shruti Vaidyanathan is a Senior Transportation Analyst with the Transportation Program, a position she has held since October 2007. She is the principal analyst for ACEEE’s Green Book Online, a comprehensive environmental ranking of consumer vehicles. Her recent work...

Suzanne Watson
Suzanne Watson Director of Policy
Policy Program
swatson@aceee.org

202-507-4006

Suzanne Watson is the Director of Policy at ACEEE. She and her policy team work with all of ACEEE’s program areas (Transportation, Utilities, Industry, Buildings, Behavior, and Economic and Social Analysis) to help set policy priorities. Watson works with staff and...

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Mallory Werthamer Conference and Outreach Assistant
mwerthamer@aceee.org

202-507-4018

Mallory Werthamer is a Conference and Outreach Assistant. She joined ACEEE in November of 2011. Her work is split between conference planning and web communications. She has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and History from the University of Maryland.

Dan York
Dan York Utilities Program Director
Utilities Program
dwyork@aceee.org

608-243-1123

Dan York joined ACEEE in 2001. He has more than 20 years of experience in researching, analyzing and implementing energy efficiency policies and programs. York is widely recognized for his work tracking and analyzing trends and emerging issues in utility-sector energy...

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Rachel Young Assistant to the Directors
ryoung@aceee.org

202-507-4023

Rachel Young joined ACEEE in September 2011 as the Assistant to the Directors.  She performs administrative duties, assists the executive team, and researches air regulations and U.S. policy. Prior to joining ACEEE, Rachel was a student at Lewis & Clark College...